File photo: Somsak Jeamteerasakul holds flowers and waves to his supporters before leaving a police station in Bangkok May 11, 2011. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom
BANGKOK (Reuters) - A portrait of a prominent critic of the Thai monarchy was sold in an online auction for $6,745 (4,803.10 pounds), which will go into a fund for activists facing legal cases in junta-ruled Thailand, including royal insult cases, a manager for the fund said on Monday.
Laws against insulting the monarchy, or lese-majeste, are strictly enforced in Thailand, with those found guilty facing up to 15 years in prison on each charge.
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